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On the recordFebruary 27, 1996
I believe that we have a duty to try to find common ground: a resolution to this issue that respects the views of those—including myself—who object to this particular procedure, but also upholds the Supreme Court's requirement that laws regulating abortion protect both the life and the health of American women.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Letter to Representative John Conyers, Jr., on Abortion Legislation

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